| Bienvenidos to Catemaco and Los Tuxtlas |
Menu Descriptions:
The Area:
includes Catemaco, Veracruz, Laguna Catemaco, Laguna Sontecomapan, San
Andrés Tuxtla, Santiago Tuxtla and the Sierra Los Tuxtlas and the Los Tuxtlas
Biosphere in Veracruz. Each area has an in depth description.
Hotels:
We list More than 40 hotels with More than 700 rooms to make sure you get a
good night's sleep in Catemaco.
Waking up in a hotel room with a view of the Laguna is next to being in paradise.
The budget watching crowd will be happy in the city hotels.
There is life after Catemaco, and also a few hotel in other towns.
There is even space for road warriors in RV's and patches for those preferring
to pitch tents.
Monthly rentals are available from 1,000 pesos on UP. Just don´t expect
conveniences.
Restaurants:
A guide to where to eat and menus to guide your stomach in Catemaco.
If you are already here you will probably want to experience some waterfront
dining.
Read a small selection of Catemaco restaurant menus and their delicacies and
their prices.
Most of the restaurants are on the Malecon. Most locals eat in the city
restaurants.
Pizza? Of course Catemaco has pizza and a few other specialty restaurants
including a great rabbit stew server.
Places to Visit:
This is the beginning of a never ending list of wonderful places in Los Tuxtlas.
Some of the More popular places are listed here and described in full.
Aside from not drinking the water, here is a list of most of the enjoyable wet
places.
Los Tuxtlas are not only a tree hugging place, there are 3,500 years of culture
here.
You came to the wrong place! - There are no funny looking tour buses here.
There are all sorts of tourisms. Bathroom tourism is a Catemaco specialty.
The Catemaco Malecon has been described as the longest bar in Mexico.
Ecotourism is alive and well in the jungle
Activities:
Things to do in Catemaco - work through the list and stay an extra week.
Catemaco has little choice in shopping, but try to spend a little money anyway.
We need it.
Read the dozens of testimonials to Catemaco's plethora of birds by other birders.
If you like hiking, and if there is no trail, we will make one for you,
or create your own tour from a myriad of novel destination
Brujos:
Don´t leave Catemaco without taking a brujo with you!
Why is Catemaco so famous for its witches? A quickie review of brujo history.
Gringo brujo - gringo what?
The Brujo Convention is the Friday of March. Arrive Thursday, or you will miss
the party.
Read some enlightening articles about the brujos in Catemaco.
Local Info:
All the news that fits about Catemaco, Veracruz.
Enjoy the Catemaco climate several hundred days a year.
Here is a calendar of local and Mexican events.
Gays, lesbians and others also reside in Catemaco.
The religious side of Catemaco may cause your spirit to soar.
A listing of any website to a Catemaco activity or business.
In case of emergency, dial 066, or read this page first.
Measure the distances from Catemaco to the borders and any other major place
in Mexico.
How do you to travel to Catemaco? Mount a horse, sail a boat, take the bus, or
whatever.
Driving in Catemaco or Mexico presents special challenges.
Roads around Catemaco are like candy, once you drive one, you´ll want to try
them all.
One of the finest enjoyments in Catemaco and Los Tuxtlas is getting lost.
Look up some maps here.
Photos
Here is access to more than 1000 photos, plus slide shows and videos exploring
every niche of the area's landscape and daily life.
www.catemaco.info is a spin off of www.tuxtlas.com, designed to
concentrate on only Catemaco information for visitors.
Copyright 2008 (waived for any non commercial use, but please give us some
credit).
The Area:
includes Catemaco, Veracruz, Laguna Catemaco, Laguna Sontecomapan, San
Andrés Tuxtla, Santiago Tuxtla and the Sierra Los Tuxtlas and the Los Tuxtlas
Biosphere in Veracruz. Each area has an in depth description.
Hotels:
We list More than 40 hotels with More than 700 rooms to make sure you get a
good night's sleep in Catemaco.
Waking up in a hotel room with a view of the Laguna is next to being in paradise.
The budget watching crowd will be happy in the city hotels.
There is life after Catemaco, and also a few hotel in other towns.
There is even space for road warriors in RV's and patches for those preferring
to pitch tents.
Monthly rentals are available from 1,000 pesos on UP. Just don´t expect
conveniences.
Restaurants:
A guide to where to eat and menus to guide your stomach in Catemaco.
If you are already here you will probably want to experience some waterfront
dining.
Read a small selection of Catemaco restaurant menus and their delicacies and
their prices.
Most of the restaurants are on the Malecon. Most locals eat in the city
restaurants.
Pizza? Of course Catemaco has pizza and a few other specialty restaurants
including a great rabbit stew server.
Places to Visit:
This is the beginning of a never ending list of wonderful places in Los Tuxtlas.
Some of the More popular places are listed here and described in full.
Aside from not drinking the water, here is a list of most of the enjoyable wet
places.
Los Tuxtlas are not only a tree hugging place, there are 3,500 years of culture
here.
You came to the wrong place! - There are no funny looking tour buses here.
There are all sorts of tourisms. Bathroom tourism is a Catemaco specialty.
The Catemaco Malecon has been described as the longest bar in Mexico.
Ecotourism is alive and well in the jungle
Activities:
Things to do in Catemaco - work through the list and stay an extra week.
Catemaco has little choice in shopping, but try to spend a little money anyway.
We need it.
Read the dozens of testimonials to Catemaco's plethora of birds by other birders.
If you like hiking, and if there is no trail, we will make one for you,
or create your own tour from a myriad of novel destination
Brujos:
Don´t leave Catemaco without taking a brujo with you!
Why is Catemaco so famous for its witches? A quickie review of brujo history.
Gringo brujo - gringo what?
The Brujo Convention is the Friday of March. Arrive Thursday, or you will miss
the party.
Read some enlightening articles about the brujos in Catemaco.
Local Info:
All the news that fits about Catemaco, Veracruz.
Enjoy the Catemaco climate several hundred days a year.
Here is a calendar of local and Mexican events.
Gays, lesbians and others also reside in Catemaco.
The religious side of Catemaco may cause your spirit to soar.
A listing of any website to a Catemaco activity or business.
In case of emergency, dial 066, or read this page first.
Measure the distances from Catemaco to the borders and any other major place
in Mexico.
How do you to travel to Catemaco? Mount a horse, sail a boat, take the bus, or
whatever.
Driving in Catemaco or Mexico presents special challenges.
Roads around Catemaco are like candy, once you drive one, you´ll want to try
them all.
One of the finest enjoyments in Catemaco and Los Tuxtlas is getting lost.
Look up some maps here.
Photos
Here is access to more than 1000 photos, plus slide shows and videos exploring
every niche of the area's landscape and daily life.
www.catemaco.info is a spin off of www.tuxtlas.com, designed to
concentrate on only Catemaco information for visitors.
Copyright 2008 (waived for any non commercial use, but please give us some
credit).
| Welcome to our little known paradise amid the lakes and volcanoes of the Sierra Los Tuxtlas in Veracruz, Mexico |
| The Area Catemaco´s rustic charm, its mystic laguna and lush surroundings lure thousands of Mexican visitors to this little known patch on the Veracruz gulf coast in central Mexico. Relatively undiscovered by northern travellers, Catemaco, Veracruz is a unique Mexican experience. |
| Hotels and other Accommodations Catemaco hammock spaces, luxury inns, trailer parks, standard hotels and ecotouristic jungle camps like Nanciyaga accommodate any budget and any length of stay. |
| Restaurants Had any good fresh water snails lately? Catemaco´s many restaurants and the Tuxtlas gulf beach palapas will satisfy your taste for seafood in myriad ways. |
| Real Estate Major Mexican resorts sell postage stamp size lots at California beach prices. In Catemaco you can buy acreage for that money and live better and more naturally. |
| Places to Visit Breath-taking water falls, hidden lagoons and solitary beaches will occupy the days of your visit. More butterflies live here than in the rest of North America, and that is just the beginning of the wonderful job Mother Nature did in Los Tuxtlas. |
| Activities Lazily drifting on placid rivers, rappelling cliff sides, running 50 kilometers around Laguna Catemaco, or mellowing with a Margarita on the shore will slough your days away. |
| Photos, Slideshows, Videos & Music Take a visual walk through every niche of Catemaco and Los Tuxtlas, from beaches to volcanic mountain tops, and enjoy slideshows, videos. music and photo pages. |
| Local Information Maps, weather reports, emergencies and a myriad of other situations are covered here. You will also find the site map, email address, blog and other information here, including the Catemaco News |
| Articles More than 50 photo essays ranging from Arroyo de Lisa to Yambigapan shed vivid light on all common and many unknown areas and subjects of Catemaco & Los Tuxtlas |
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| Please note: This site is not affiliated with any officialdom in Catemaco. Enjoy the relatively unbiased information, and when you are ready to buy a vacation home or a 1000 acre ranch, contact Doña Tere. |
